Grow Up (film)

Grow Up is a 2017 British coming-of-age short film written and directed by Student film maker Adam Iraki, and starring/introducing Celine Bui, Anita Bencsik and Adam Iraki. Filmed in 2 days, Grow Up depicts the childhood and adolescence of Kiera (Celine Bui) as she's approaching 20 with a good degree in hand, but she's understandably feeling lost. After meeting teenagers, Kiera is drawn into 16-year-old Annika's simpler life. She ends up spending the day with Annika and her friend Frankie. Juggling the life of a teen and that of an adult and the feeling of lagging behind.

Plot

Kiera Golding (Celine Bui) is an aimless eighteen-year-old who has lost contact with her high school friends. She also sees her mother cheating on her father. Shocked and confused, she flees and runs into teenager Annika (Anita Bencsik) and her friend Frankie (Adam Iraki). When they ask her to join them on their day out, she does.

Cast

Celine Bui as Kiera Golding
Anita Bencsik as Annika Rockwell
Adam Iraki as Frankie Hunter
Melissa Millard as Allison (Girl 1)
Lily Michelle Miller as Misty (Girl 2)

Production

Pre-production

Before Celine Bui joined the film, Sacha Cordy-Nice was attached to lead with Anita Bencsik, but Sacha left the film due to timing conflicts with her film Pin Cushion.